8th Grade Midterm Literature Vocabulary

events and the order in which they are arranged

• Connecting

• Myth

• Plot

• Climax

Recall what you already know about people, places, or events in a texts.

• Reflecting

• Activating Prior Knowledge

• Connecting

• Autobiography

nonfiction writing telling the life story of its author, a written record of the author’s own life

• Biography

• Autobiography

• Plot

• Connecting

nonfiction writing, a biography is simply an account or detailed description about the life of a person

• Novel

• Autobiography

• Biography

• Fiction

Make connections between what you are reading and your own life, the world around you, or other selections that you have read.

• Point of View

• Description

• Setting a Purpose for Reading

• Connecting

Before you read, decide what you hope to get out of a piece of writing.

• Setting a Purpose for Reading

• Activating Prior Knowledge

• Identifying Author’s Purpose

• Description

the difference between what is expected and what actually happens or exists

• Irony

• Conflict

• Theme

• Plot

a story’s main idea or life lesson

• Irony

• Theme

• Conflict

• Plot

a struggle between opposing forces (internal, external)

• Irony

• Theme

• Conflict

• Plot

The central character or leading figure in poetry, narrative, novel or any other story, sometimes a “hero” to the audience or readers.

• Protagonist

• Antagonist

• Meteorologist

• Neurologist